>You're defending caffeine use. Please show me one place where I suggested he should stop or sad that using caffeine was bad At the beginning of this thread, y

>You're defending caffeine use. Please show me one place where I suggested he should stop or sad that using caffeine was bad At the beginning of this thread, you wrote: >That's quite an addiction you have. Have you considered kicking it? Which I interpreted to mean that you thought this caffeine addiction was a bad thing, and that he should try to kick it. Of course, it's possible that you were asking if he had withdrawal symptoms when he stopped or perhaps something else entirely, but that's why I was defending caffeine use. >I am curious now though, when you say "heavy users tend to have long-term loss of productivity", is that even when at work, not high? Is that even after they've stopped smoking for long periods of time? Honestly, I don't know if the people I've known with those problems were high at the time or not; Either there was some sort of lasting effect, or the people in question chose to continue using when it was clear that they were damaging their career. I mean, like I said, I know far more people who use every now and then and seem to be fine with it, but for some people, it can be (or, at least contribute to) a problem.